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# takeout

noun (takeout, takeouts — US, Canada); adjective (takeout food); UK, Ireland: takeaway; Australia, NZ: takeaway

«takeout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Takeout is food cooked and bought at a restaurant or shop to eat somewhere else, usually at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#m1)
2. A takeout is the place that sells it or one meal bought this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#m2)
3. (sport) In curling, a takeout is a shot that knocks an opponent's stone out of play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life in the USA and Canada, families "order takeout" (pizza, Chinese food) on busy nights; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ the same thing is called a "takeaway". In health lessons, takeout is fine sometimes but often has more salt, fat and sugar. In maths, takeout menus give prices for money problems.

### Examples

- We ordered Chinese takeout on Friday night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x1)
- Mum was too tired to cook, so we got takeout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x2)
- The takeout came in little paper boxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x3)
- A large takeout pizza costs $15; how much for three? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x4)
- (UK) In Britain, people say "takeaway" instead of "takeout". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x5)
- Is this to eat in or takeout? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x6)
- Too much takeout isn't good for you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/#x7)

### Note

North American word; also written "take-out". The UK, Irish, Australian and NZ word is "takeaway". Watch out: "take out" as two words is a verb ("take out the rubbish", "take someone out to dinner").

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «takeout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«takeout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/takeout.html) on Mova free.